Powder puff



May 29, 1934. p pARlso-r 1,960,875

POWDER PUFF Filed Feb. y23, 1953 FIGA ferjfforw- TQ q/ Pori SOC' b/fu@ ffyl Patented May 29, 1934 UNITED STATES POWDER PUFF Paul Parisot, Paris, France Application February 23, 1933, Serial No. 658,230 In France September 22, 1932 4 Claims.

An object of my invention is a powder-puff having a crimped edging. This crimped edge, which takes the place of the seam generally in use hitherto, makes it possible to produce a flatter powder-puff, and in addition to simplify its manufacture, thereby reducing the cost, since it s possible to render said manufacture almost entirely automatic.

A further object of my invention is a process for the manufacture of powder-puffs, said process being essentially characterized by the fact that a fabric of any sort, (for which leather, skin or any other desired substance may be substituted) assembled with suedine for instance, or any other fabric, is first stamped, whereupon the piece thus obtained is positioned in a special female die, is covered with a circular piece of sheet guttapercha or of any other substance capable of producing adhesiveness, whereupon a circular piece of Velvet or any other fabric intended to constitute the powder puif itself is applied, and by means of a heated male part the edge of the stamped piece is crimped onto the edge of the circular piece made of velvet or other fabric. In a third heated stamping apparatus the edge, crimped as above, is flattened.

In the attached-drawing, wherein one embodiment of my invention has been shown diagrammatically and merely as an example:

Fig. 1 is a section of the support of the powderpuff before the rst stamping operation;

Fig. 2 represents the product obtained by first stamping operation;

Fig. 3 is a section through the elements constituting the powder-puff, before the second stamping operation;

Fig. 4 is a section through the elements constituting the powder-puff, after the second stamping operation; while Fig. 5 represents the finished powder-puff in section.

As evident from the drawing, the support of the powder-puff is first prepared. To this end, a circular piece 1 of fabric (Fig. 1), leather, skin or any other desired substances, is taken and assembled, for instance, with a suedine 2 or any other suitable fabric, whereupon the two fabric circles are stamped therefrom. In this manner the member 3 of a Fig. 2 is obtained.

In the second stage of manufacture (Fig. 3) a circular piece 4, of gutta-percha for example, is placed in member 3 in order to cement into the member 3, the powder-puff proper 5, made of velvet or any other desired fabric. The three elements constituting the powder-puff are then treated in the die of a press to obtain the crimped edge 6 of the member 3 supporting the powderpuff, as well as the crimped edge of the guttapercha circle 4, the latter being crimped onto the edge of the powder-puff proper 5 (Fig. 4).

It remains only to flatten the crimped edge of 'the powder-puff by using another stamping apparatus, which lattens the powder-puff. Thus there is finally obtained a finished powder-puff of pleasing aspect, such as shown in Fig. 5.

It will be appreciated that the process which forms the subject matter of the invention makes it possible to obtain very readily and very economically flat powder-puffs, the crimped edges of which are flatter than the sewn edges of the powder-puns manufactured by my invention, so that my process gives them a more pleasing appearance.

What I claim is:

1. A powder puff consisting of a foundation element of which the rim is curled inwardly over the edges of circular pieces, one of powder-receiving material and the other of an adhesive nature, the inwardly curled rim being flattened.

2. A powder puff comprising a foundation element, circular pieces, one of adhesive material and the other of powder-receiving material disposed in said foundation element, the rim of the foundation element being curled inwardly over the edge of said circular pieces and being flattened, the said circular pieces having different diameters, that of the adhesive material being greater, prior to insertion in the foundation element than the other two elements.

3. A powder puff comprising a foundation element, circular pieces, one of adhesive material and the other of powder-receiving material disposed in said foundation element, the rim of the foundation element being curled inwardly over the edge of said circular pieces and being flattened, the said circular pieces having different diameters, that of the adhesive material being greater, prior to insertion in the foundation element than the other two elements, and the diameter of the powder-receiving material being less than that of the foundation element.

4. A powder puff comprising a foundation element, circular pieces, one of adhesive material and the other of powder-receiving material disposed in said foundation element, the rim of the foundation element being curled inwardly over the edge of said circular pieces and being flattened, the said circular pieces having different diameters, that of the adhesive material being greater, prior to insertion in the foundation element than the other two elements, the several elements being retained together in compact manner solely by crimping.

PAUL PARISOT. 

